Top Summer Safety Tips

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Summer fun at the amusement park can be quickly interrupted when a child goes missing. How can parents teach their kids to be safe in these situations?

With children spending more time outside their homes and schools, there is greater chance they will face unsafe situations and encounter dangerous individuals.  Kids In The House expert Gavin de Becker advises parents to teach their kids important safety tips, especially during these summer months.

Mr. de Becker says the number one fear of parents is that their children will be kidnapped. However, he also explains important safety precautions to avoid this tragic predicament.

Mr. de Becker's most important safety tip is to teach kids that women are the safest strangers to approach when they are in a dangerous situation.

"A lot of people say to choose a policeman," de Becker says. "However, they fail to recognize that when you're down at the height of a five year old you can't tell who's a policeman anyway."

Women are more likely to help and are much less likely to be a sexual predator, says de Becker.  While most parents teach their kids to find the security guards, those are surprisingly the least-screened individuals employed by the company, making them an extremely unsafe choice.

Parents should learn to listen to their intuition and should teach their children to do the same. The power of intuition is a responsibility given to us by nature, de Becker claims.

"Follow your intuition and voice your feelings," de Becker urges. "If we wait too long, the predicament is no longer proof, and you are just reporting history."

For more information on keeping your child safe this summer, watch all of Gavin de Becker's videos on KidsInTheHouse.com.

About Kids in the House
Kids in the House: Expert Parenting Advice is an educational website with the goal of helping parents and caregivers become better at parenting by educating, inspiring and entertaining. The 8,000 videos on the website feature interviews with over 450 top experts in parenting, including physicians, psychologists, researchers, educators and best-selling authors, as well as leaders of national organizations. The videos also feature parents who have dealt with particular issues and can share their hard-earned wisdom. Parents have the opportunity to hear and share different perspectives and get solutions for parenting challenges that range from pregnancy through getting into college. Kids in the House aims to be the most comprehensive resource for parenting advice, one that respects the fact that there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

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